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Edward Snowden Has Left Hong Kong to Moscow in Transit to a Third Country: HKSAR Government Statement
By Global Research News
Global Research, June 23, 2013

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The US Government requirements did not comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong Law.  As the HKSAR government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.” (see HKSAR press release below)

The Guardian has reported that Snowden has left Hong Kong on an Aeroflot flight to Moscow, in transit to a third country.

Snowden’s flight from Hong Kong has touched down in Moscow, according to the New York Times correspondent in Moscow.

The Reuters report intimates that “his final destination may be Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland or Venezuela”, according to various unidentified and unconfirmed reports.

“Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted a source at the Aeroflot airline as saying there was a ticket in Snowden’s name for a Moscow-Cuba flight. Itar-Tass cited a source as saying Snowden would fly from Havana to the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.”

The South China Morning Post said his final destination may be Ecuador or Iceland.

The latest Reuter’s report states that Edward Snowden “will fly from Moscow to Cuba on Monday and then plans to go to Venezuela“, according to a source at the Russian airline Aeroflot
According to the  HKSAR Government Release (see below):

“The U.S. government earlier on made a request to the HKSAR government for the issue of a provisional warrant of arrest against Mr Snowden,”

“Since the documents provided by the U.S. government did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the HKSAR government has requested the U.S. government to provide additional information … As the HKSAR government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.”

Michel Chossudovsky contributed to this report

 

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